217: Chapter 217: Thanks for the resources, Disciple, Battle, Sword Qi

"Fellow Daoist, your timely notification to the Bronze Human Race to head to Qingxu Heaven previously secured us a certain amount of initiative and benefits."

"After discussions among the high-level officials of our Bronze Human Race, to express our gratitude for the message, we have decided to allow you, Fellow Daoist, to go to the Bronze Human Race treasury to select a Law Treasure that suits you, or to choose a secret technique within our academy that accelerates the condensation of Law Profound Meanings."

"It should be of some help for your future path."

"Moreover, it is not just our Bronze Human Race; when you head to the Silver and Gold races later, you should receive the same treatment."

"This way, the secret techniques and treasures should be able to resolve a small portion of the issues."

"By then, Fellow Daoist, having achieved Tier 3 Mid-stage, your strength will surely be unfathomable, and with your Incarnation talent, you will not fear danger. Finding some Law Treasures to accelerate your cultivation and enlightenment should not be difficult. Calculated this way, your speed will be much faster than our race's True King Qingshang."

This series of estimations by Gaoyang Zhenkong immediately silenced the few veteran Tier 3 Mid-stage experts who had originally worn expressions of cold mockery, and everyone present fell into deep thought and calculation.

Even the usually gentle Shennong Yinmu looked somewhat serious and envious.

For those like Jiuli Bingjian who practice the [War Sacrifice Dao], which relies entirely on enlightenment through combat, they naturally would not calculate such time, but upon hearing the Vice Dean and High Priest say that he would be much faster than True King Qingshang, it must surely be quite impressive.

He then let out an envious and jealous cry,

"Fellow Daoist Tianhe, your cultivation speed truly makes us die of envy. I must have a good spar with you, a future High-stage lord. When I tell others later that I am someone who has exchanged blows with a High-stage lord, that reputation will definitely resound throughout the entire galaxy."

"Let's go, let's go. Since those students have mostly left, the two of us shall discuss the Dao through combat and see what happens when our respective fighting styles collide."

The younger powerhouses below Tier 3 Mid-stage who had originally been following the calculations now became interested as well and joined in the clamor.

For this founder of an extraordinary path who might achieve High-stage, the opportunity to witness a spar was extremely rare.

As for the few elderly Tier 3 Mid-stage powerhouses, most of them had exhausted their talent after mastering just one Law Profound Meaning and found it difficult to advance further.

At this moment, they also looked with complex expressions at the figure of Wang An, who was surrounded by many young powerhouses.

However, Gaoyang Zhenkong looked towards the seven or eight young ones who had just entered Tier 3 Low-stage and remained behind. A few of them were relying on protective artifacts left behind by their elders, while others were holding on until now, having been observing and comprehending these images the whole time.

When Jiuli Bingjian went to activate the battlefield formation, he had brought them to his side, using his own aura to protect them and isolate them from the life-energy pressure of the many Mid-stage powerhouses present.

He then said to them:

"Our Fellow Daoist Tianhe has peerless talent, and the extraordinary system he created is also unique. You must be interested since you have remained here. After their spar, perform well, and perhaps there may be an opportunity for you to be accepted as disciples."

Among them, the most prominent one was a Bronze Human Race member in the form of a young girl at the Extraordinary Low-stage.

She was not very tall, about 1.45 meters, and wore a seven-colored cyan dress. She held a bronze greatsword as long as her own height, propping it on the ground to resist the pressure attacking from all sides, and only breathed a sigh of relief when Gaoyang Zhenkong provided them with protection.

She solemnly paid her respects to the various academy teachers and elders present, then said:

"Respected professors, mentors, and Vice Dean, I am extremely interested in the Dao of Immortal Cultivation taught by True Person Tianhe. Our Bronze Human Race only has the [War Sacrifice Dao], which does not suit my temperament. I still prefer the sword immortals who can fly through the sky and burrow into the earth, as recorded in the cultivation worldviews on the Galactic Network."

"I hope that True Person will accept me so I can become a great sword immortal in the future."

Her appearance made Gaoyang Zhenkong somewhat amused and helpless.

However, seeing that the other students were also very interested in this system, he did not say anything; whether to accept them or not would ultimately depend on Fellow Daoist Tianhe himself.

At this moment, a formation field unfolded in the sky, and the space, which was already extremely stable, became even more compact within this formation.

Wang An held the [Star-Slaying Thunder Punishment Dharma Sword], which was wreathed in biting lightning, and carefully sensed this space.

"I did not expect there to be such a formation. Under the suppression of this place, the power and range I could originally exert have been reduced to at least one-tenth."

Jiuli Bingjian then spoke up to explain the function of this dojo formation field.

"Fellow Daoist, do not worry about this. The core of this formation field uses a core treasure containing the complete Law Profound Meaning of Space Suppression. After the amplification and other adjustments of the formation field, all life forms below Tier 2 Mid-stage will be suppressed to one-tenth to reduce damage to the surroundings. We do not need to have any reservations; just strike with your full strength."

Immediately after, seeing that Wang An was prepared, he said nothing more, picked up his personal bronze sword, and traversed a thousand meters in an instant, appearing beside Wang An.

Upon close observation, the bronze battle sword was engraved with a phoenix pattern looking up to the sky and crying out, its eyes lit up, and its figure covered the entire sword.

As the [Power of Bronze Sacrifice] was continuously infused into the bronze battle sword, the sword ignited with biting flames, scorching the air, piercing through everything, and slashed towards Wang An's side.

Sensing the biting murderous intent approaching, Wang An instantly unleashed his Purple Mansion Divine Ability [Return-to-One Heavenly River], and a galaxy wrapped around his body.

The cold water carried by this silver heavenly river continuously weakened the exotic beast flames burning on the bronze battle sword attacking him, and then the heavenly river indented and twisted inward, using a gentle force to completely dissipate the power of this slash.

Immediately, Wang An activated the Star-Slaying Thunder of the [Star-Slaying Thunder Punishment Dharma Sword] in his hand and the golden-autumn-colored [Autumn Emperor Edge] cold sword qi stored in the [Cold-Hidden Scabbard], and backhanded a direct stab towards Jiuli Bingjian, who was close to his side.

Facing this sword edge of the Autumn Emperor that reaped all life, the hair all over Jiuli Bingjian's body stood on end, and his eyes looking at this sword qi felt a stinging pain, almost causing tears to flow.

He was extremely shocked in his heart, "I did not expect that this Fellow Daoist Tianhe looks somewhat gentle and weak, like someone who practices quiet cultivation, yet his strikes are so fierce."

Regarding this kind of sword qi, Jiuli Bingjian did not dare to take it head-on. Instead, he used the [Power of Bronze Sacrifice] to activate the Qilin exotic beast pattern engraved on the bronze battle armor he was wearing, and a khaki protective light enveloped his entire body, intending to block this dangerous sword qi.

"Pfft~"

It was not a clanging sound, but a low, muffled noise of a blade piercing into soil.

"Clang!"

Then came a sound of metal clashing, which startled the onlookers below and Jiuli Bingjian himself.

"This sword qi is actually this sharp; even the protective light of our specially forged Tier 2 Mid-grade Bronze Battle Armor cannot withstand it."

Fortunately, after being weakened by the protective light of his bronze battle armor, the attack could no longer pierce through this set of armor to reach his body.

Jiuli Bingjian looked at the silver galaxy surrounding this Fellow Daoist Tianhe, and seeing this situation, realized that conventional attacks might be extremely difficult to gain an advantage.